Fantastic Fest ’11 Locks Down Shorts Lineup

Fantastic Fest '11 Locks Down Shorts Lineup

Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., has locked down the 50 shorts that make up the short film lineup for the 7th edition of the event.

Fanastic Fest runs September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. Go here for the main lineup.

Below is the Shorts Lineup with synopses courtesy of Fantastic Fest:

ALL MEN ARE CALLED ROBERT (2011)U.S. PremiereDirector: Marc-Henri Boulier, France, 6 minutesA naked, terribly bruised man is running through the woods. He stops suddenly. Who is this mysterious woman calling for help? And why are men trying to shoot him?

BEDTIME FOR TIMMY (2010)Regional PremiereDirector: Thomas Nicol and Becky Griesheimer, USA, 3 minutesNight falls, shadows creep out, and the time has come for little Timmy to go to bed. But can he brave the ominous gaze of his closet door?

BLACK DOLL (2011)U.S. PremiereDirector: Sofia Carrillo, Mexico, 8 minutesTwo sisters share their life imprisoned in a strange place. The mundane routine, along with their curiosity, will cause them to break their boundaries.

COST OF LIVING (2011)World PremiereDirector: BenDavid Grabinski, USA, 8 minutesSilas (Brandon Routh) and Jerry (Bret Harrison) work for a very interesting corporation. One day things go wrong… Scary things.

COLOURBLEED (2011)Regional PremiereDirector: Peter Szewczyk,Poland, 9 minutesA young girl’s fate is inextricably sealed when she crosses paths with a scheming and enigmatic old woman, who harbors a dark secret.

CREATE (2011)World PremiereDirector: Dan MacKenzie, USA, 2 minutesA young mad scientist sets out to create a pet monster within the parallel worlds of an imaginary laboratory and the reality of the boy’s bedroom.

CURTAIN (2011)Texas PremiereDirector: Dennis Widmyer, USA, 13 minutesAn unemployed deadbeat runs into a heap of girl trouble when he’s forced to choose the lesser of two evils: the succubus haunting his bathtub or the psychotic girlfriend lying in his bedroom.

DEAD ON TIME (2010)Regional PremiereDirector: Andreas Lambropoulos and Kostas Skiftas, Greece, 12 minutesA young woman tries to escape from murderous criminals, but soon discovers death to be the least of her troubles.

THE DUNGEON MASTER (2011)Texas PremiereDirector: Rider Strong and Shiloh Strong, USA, 13 minutesAfter they discover they were both fantasy geeks as kids, Shane and Cooper decide to spend a night playing Dungeons & Dragons. But they canʼt remember the rules, so they invite a true gamer to help them. When he shows up in a cape, things get awkward very quickly…

EXIT (2011)World PremiereDirector: Daniel S. Zimbler, United Kingdom, 13 minutesA Christmas party in the countryside. As a parlor trick becomes a bewitching, one of the guests gets his darkest desire.

THE HOLE CHICKEN OF LIFE AND MUSIC (2010)Regional PremiereDirector: Nomint, Greece, 3 minutesThis is the story of the Holy Chicken, a magnificent beast, worshiped and exploited, in a tale of love and regret, art and science, life and music.

THE HUMAN NATURE (2010)World PremiereDirector: Tore Frandsen, Denmark, 3 minutesSet in the 1970’s, this brief tale is centered around the classic horror theme of man vs. nature. Needless to say, in this battle, man will suffer.

THE HUNTER AND THE SWAN DISCUSS THEIR MEETING (2010)Austin PremiereDirector: Emily Carmichael, USA, 8 minutesA Brooklyn couple has dinner with a hunter and his girlfriend, a magical swan woman.

INCUBATOR (2011)Texas PremiereDirector: Jimmy Weber, USA, 7 minutesA young man wakes up in a bathtub full of ice in a dingy motel room only to discover his problems have just begun. You’ve heard the urban legend. This is worse.

INFERNAL NUNS (2011)U.S. PremiereDirector: Roland Petrizza, Germany, 3 minutesWhen Pope Innocentius VIII is doomed to die, Marie Claire, a devoted nun, is willing to sacrifice everything to save him. But her undying love for the Holy Father will be her downfall.

INNERCITY (2011)Texas PremiereDirector: Alain Fournier, Canada, 8 minutesIn a lonely, gray city, a young boy has only pigeons for company. When he spies a pretty neighbor, he tries all manner of inventions to catch her eye and heart.

THE LADY PARANORMA (2011)Texas PremiereDirector: Vincent Marcone, Canada, 6 minutesEstranged from the rest of the townsfolk, an eccentric lady is haunted by ghostly whispers, and follows an eerie call to an unusual happily-ever-after.

THE LAST NORWEGIAN TROLL (2011)Regional PremiereDirector: Pjotr Sapegin, Norway, 13 minutesIn the old days, Norway used to be a safe heaven for Trolls, but not anymore. One day three young goats decide to get rid of an old Troll who lives under a bridge. Little do they know that he is the last survivor of his species, the very last Troll of Norway…

LAZAROV (2010)North American PremiereDirector: Nietov, France, 5 minutesRefusing to accept the decline of the USSR, a handful of Russian scientists work secretly to resurrect the Soviet power. Here are some new images of the mysterious program Lazarov.

THE LEGEND OF THE MIGHTY SOAP (2009)World PremiereDirector: Andrew Bond, Estonia, 24 minutesDirtpeople are living in misery until the Mighty Soap arrives, who washes them clean.

MY DAD (2010)North American PremiereDirector: Patrice Gablin, France, 13 minutesWhat is behind the door at the end of the corridor? A secret, a family under pressure, and an unforeseen event which might change everything.

NIGHT OF THE DEVIL (2011)North American PremiereDirector:Florian Puchert and Wolfgang Böhm, Germany, 15 minutesWhen charlatan Paul pretends to exorcise a ghost from an old Bavarian farmhouse, he encounters the impossible – an actual supernatural presence. Attempting to save this lost soul, he unleashes Hell…

NO REST FOR THE WICKED (2011)World PremiereDirector: Ryan Schifrin, USA, 16 minutesBasil and Moebius are badass partners-in-crime who work for the mysterious and supernatural Collector. They pull a daring heist during an illegal gambling party thrown by an underworld kingpin.

NO WAY OUT (2011)World PremiereDirector: Aaron Morgan, USA, 8 minutesIsolated in a place where twisted creatures torment him from the dark, a man desperately tries to find an escape. But there may be no way out.

PATH OF BLOOD: DEMON AT THE CROSSROAD OF DESTINY (2011)Austin PremiereDirector: Eric Power, USA, 4 minutesA lone samurai sets his course towards the path of blood, where unknown dangers and terrors await. Will his great swordsmanship be enough to combat the treacherous demon lord and his minions?

PROFILE (2011)Texas PremiereDirector: Timo Pierre Rositzki, Germany, 7 minutesCaro is approached by Thomas, and she has no idea about the surprises the encounter will bring…

A RIVER IN THE WOODS (2011)U.S. PremiereDirector: Christian Sparkes, Canada, 12 minutesA fable about a group of children who befriend a monster they meet while playing in the woods.

SK8RZ (2011)Texas PremiereDirector: Robin Todd, United Kingdom, 8 minutesSet in a world where love exists as forward momentum, sk8rz carry each other over precarious obstacles until they crash in bitter disagreement.

THANK YOU JESUS! (2010)World PremiereDirector: Free, USA, 6 minutesYoung lovers are cruelly used by malevolent creatures who live within the woods. A bloody supernatural battle ensues, pitting a dead man against his killer.

TWO DREAMS (2011) World PremiereDirector: Meredith Hama-Brown, Canada, 5 minutesJune and Marc sleep in a bed and dream separate dreams of their lives together. Each dream eventually becomes the other person’s nightmare.

TWO FRIENDS (2010)Austin PremiereDirector: Paw Charlie Ravn, Denmark, 8 minutesAlbert and his best friend Jonas are orphans. They live in the future in a harsh dystopia where the women and children are all dead and the men have begun to change.

THE UNLIVING (2010)Texas PremiereDirector: Hugo Lijia, Sweden, 28 minutesThirty years after a zombie outbreak, people have started taming the creatures and using them as a cheap work force. Young couple Katrine and Mark struggle with the duties of dirty zombie-catching, bloody lobotomy experiments and a relationship on the verge of collapse.

VILE BEAST (2011)U.S. PremiereDirector: William Crooks, Australia, 4 minutesLuke and Susan are enjoying a nice, boring evening at home until they are interrupted by a vile and implacable monster.

WE, TIME MACHINE (2011)Texas PremiereDirector: Raul Navarro, Spain, 8 minutesTime traveler Carlos uses his unique skill to take advantage of women…until he meets fellow traveler Laura. This is the story of a love beyond the space-time continuum.

YUICHI: THE BEGINNING OF THE END (2011)World PremiereDirector: Aaron Guadamuz, USA, 9 minutesAfter the planet is decimated, Yuichi and his dog venture into the charred landscape of cult film artifacts in search of a television tube.